keithlaw This is so weird - the Dodgers are off tonight, and Yasiel Puig is still 3-for-4 with a homer
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Ello's Big 5
1. LET SLEEPING LEFTIES LIE....Weary from a night's worth of travel from San Diego to the East Coast, Phil Mickelson nonetheless took the first round lead at the rain-soaked U.S. Open on Thursday at Merion Golf Club, just outside of Philadelphia.....Later in the day, Luke Donald ran his score to 4-under, one ahead of Mickelson, through 13 holes......But Mickelson was the clubhouse leader after he carded a three-under 67 while he goes for his first-ever U.S. Open title.....A winner of 41 PGA Tour events, Mickelson has won four majors, but has finished second at the U.S. Open five times......Tiger Woods played only 10 holes, and was 2-over-par....
2. WADE JUST A MINUTE....After a couple of days left to stew over a 36-point beatdown in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat came back firing on all cylanders Thursday night.....Led by Dwayne Wade's 32 points, and 33 more from LeBron James, Miami ran away from the Spurs in San Antonio, 109-93, and evened the best-of-seven championship series at two games apiece.....The defending champion and favored Heat, down but certainly not out after Tuesday's blowout, improved to 6-0 following a loss in this year's playoffs thanks mostly to Wade, who had struggled in the first three games of the series but made 14-of-25 shots last night.....Tony Parker, playing on a bad hamstring for the Spurs, scored 15 points but was shutout in the second half....Game 5 is Sunday back in San Antonio.....
3. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY......The Padres tonight will celebrate the 15th-anniversary of their 1998 National League chamionship team at Petco Park....A club-record 98-64 finish preceeded playoff victories over both Houston and Atlanta that year before the Friars were swept in the World Series by a powerhouse New York Yankees squad that had won 114 games.....This year's Padre team has yet to reach the .500 mark, though a sweep of Atlanta earlier this week has brought the Friars within two games of level-par at 32-34.....The NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks are in town for the weekend, a team that fourth-place San Diego trails by just five games in the standings......
4. THRILLER, TAKE TWO.....And if it's anything like Game 1, we're all in for another treat Saturday night when the Stanley Cup Finals resume between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins.....The two Original Six teams put on quite a show in Wednesday night's series opener, combining for 117 shots on goal during Chicago's 4-3 triple-overtime victory.....Andrew Shaw ended the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game in history after Michael Rozsival's shot from the blue line deflected off teammate David Bolland and then Shaw and into the Boston net.....The Bruins blew a 3-1 lead in the third period along with a myriad of chances to win during the three overtime periods......The Hawks are 10-1 at home in the postseason heading into Game 2......
5. THAT FIRST BIG INJURY.....In the NL West race took place yesterday in Denver, where Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki -- an MVP candidate -- suffered a broken rib and will be lost to Colorado for nearly two months.....The Rockies, tied for second place with San Francisco and just 2 1/2-games off the division lead, also lost outfielders Carlos Gonzales and Dexter Fowler to injury during Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals.....Elsewhere in baseball, in yet another marathon game played this week, the A's beat the New York Yankees, 3-2, in 18 innings at Oakland to sweep a three-game series.....The New York Mets and Miami Marlins had played a 20-inning game over the weekend.......
darren rovell Thursday, June 13, 2013
Ello's Big 5
1. THE CUP RUNNETH OVERTIME.....An epic Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals finally ended late Wednesday night (actually it was early Thursday morning) in triple overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-3, to take a 1-0 series lead.....Andrew Shaw was credited with the game-winner when Michael Roszival's shot from the blue line deflected off teammate David Bolland and then Shaw and then into the net, putting an end to the fifth-longest Finals game in Stanley Cup history.....Chicago, which rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game in the third period, will host Game 2 on Saturday night.....
2. FROM BEST TO WORST??....That might be going a bit too far, but superstar LeBron James is taking his share of criticism after his Miami Heat were decimated, 113-77, by the Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.....James has yet to score 20 points in any of the three finals games, and Miami is down 2-games-to-1 heading into Game 4 tonight at San Antonio......Spurs point guard Tony Parker is iffy with a hamstring strain, but San Antonio needed him for only 27 minutes and six points in Game 3.....James, meanwhile, shot just 7-for-21 from the floor and played far too passively according to most observers.....James said he "guarantees a better performance (tonight)."....Adding: "I have to do whatever it takes.".......
3. FROM WORST TO BEST.....According to at least one of the TWOS show hosts, he is the worst player in major league baseball so far this season.....On Wednesday at Petco Park, however, Edinson Volquez was pretty good....He shut down the Atlanta Braves over seven innings and flurry of Padres relievers hung on for a 5-3 win and a series sweep of the NL East Division leaders.....The victory gives San Diego three consecutive victories for the first time since May 18-20.....Chris Denorfia homered for the Friars, who improved to 32-34 and stayed within five games of first-place Arizona in the NL West.....The Diamondbacks come to town this weekend for a three-game series.....
4. WET AND WILD.....The historic Merion Golf Course, just outside of Philadelphia, plays host to the U.S. Open championship for the first time since 1981....The tournament is scheduled to get underway this morning, but six inches of rain have fallen on Merion in the last week perhaps making conditions hazerdous for favored Tiger Woods and company......Though the Rules of Golf allow for players to "lift, clean and place" their ball as long as it is in the fairway, the USGA will allow no such exceptions this weekend, regardless of how bad the weather might get.....Speaking of bad, Woods certainly hasn't been good in majors since winning his 14th -- and last -- five years ago here at Torrey Pines.....
5. SEE YOU IN JULY.....Mini camp is just that -- mini.....And over quickly.....The Chargers' three-day get-together ends today at Chargers' Park, then the team will be off until the start of training camp next month.....Many questions will be asked between now and then, but answers won't start coming until, at the earliest, the preseason opener on August 8th against the Seattle Seahawks at Qualcomm Stadium.....The Bolts, with a new-look offensive line and secondary, along with key new parts at linebacker, will open the regular season on Monday night, Sept. 9th at home against the Houston Texans.....
The Show Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Ello's Big 5
1. BLOW OUT, PART II.....The San Antonio Spurs, blown out in Game 2 of the NBA Finals by the Miami Heat on Sunday, returned the favor and then some Tuesday night, routing Miami, 113-77, to take a 2-1 series lead.....LeBron James was held to just 15 points on 7-of-21 shooting and the favored Heat were outscored, 63-33 in the second half.....Danny Green made seven 3-pointers to lead San Antonio with 27 points, and Gary Neal came off the bench to hit six three's and score 24.....Former Aztec Kawhi Leonard was outstanding again, guarding James, while scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.....
2. TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL....The United States soccer team defeated Panama, 2-0, last night in Seattle in a World Cup qualifying match....The win keeps the U.S. firmly on track to qualify for soccer's biggest event, as the victory moved the Americans into first place in the six-team, round-robin CONCACAF standings.....Jozy Altidore and Eddie Johnson scored for the U.S., which is two points up on Mexico and Costa Rica in the qualifying group....Mexico and Costa Rica played to a 0-0 draw last night.....The U.S., meanwhile, gets another home match next week in Utah against Honduras......
3. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME....And it was....The first time the Padres have ever beaten Tim Hudson was Tuesday night, as Chase Headley homered and Andrew Cashner out-pitched the Braves ace in a 3-2 San Diego victory at Petco Park.....Hudson had been 6-0 vs. the Friars, but the Padres snapped the hex and moved back to within three games of the .500 mark at 31-34.....The Pads will go for the three-game sweep today, trying to win at least three in a row for the first time since May 18-20.....Arizona lost a base-brawl game in L.A. last night, 5-3, so San Diego is just five back now in the NL West.
4. LOSING LA BRADFORD.....The SDSU men's basketball team has gone from two Franklin's to none in the past month.....First Jamaal, the team's leading scorer and rebounder, announced he's entering the NBA draft....Now backup point guard LaBradford Franklin hsa made the decision to transfer away from the Aztecs.....The news is hardly a surprise considering that Franklin left the team last December for what were termed "family issues" and did not return to action....He averaged 12.1 minutes in 33 games as a sophomore during the 2011-12 season.....
5. TIME TO TOAST THE CUP.....As in Lord Stanley's Cup, which is up for grabs starting tonight when the Chicago Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the NHL's championship series......Because of the lockout-shortened season, the two teams did not meet during the regular season......Chicago earned home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series by way of a 24-game unbeaten streak to open the season which led to a league-best 36-7-5 finish.....Boston had the third-best record in the East at 28-14-6.....The two Original Six teams haven't met in a playoff series since 1978, and Chicago comes into this matchup as a very slight favorite.....
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